Laurie Anderson
Whirlwind, 1996
A dish eight feet in diameter fitted with forty eight speakers is suspended from the ceiling. The listener stands directly below and hears sound that is focused in the center. In "Whirlwind" the sound moves in circular as well as vertical patterns.
Wordfall, 2005
"Wordfall" is an electronic artwork that was commissioned by World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Japanese phrases are animated in a downward falling sequence on a panel. The English translations of the phrases appear to fall into an electronic pool, generating concentric waves of words. Synchronization is controlled by custom made software.